BRUCE@geovax.edinburgh.ac.uk (12/31/89)
I would be grateful if you would bring the following post to the
attention of anyone who might be interested.
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University of Edinburgh
Department of Geography
Geographical Information Systems/Parallel Computing
Research Associate
A Research Associate is required to work with a project team on a
major research initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social
(ESRC) and Natural Environment (NERC) Research Councils (under
the recent special topic in Geographical Information Systems) and
the Digital Equipment Corporation Limited. The initiative will
investigate the potential for implementing Geographical
Information Systems within parallel and multi-processing
environments.
As part of this initiative, the Department of Geography has
established the world's first Parallel GIS Architectures
Laboratory, making this an exciting and challenging opportunity.
The post will be available for two years, and applicants should
have programming experience and ideally should be familiar with
the VAX/VMS environment. The successful candidate will be
appointed on the lower part of the Research 1B Scale (#9816 -
#12381). This post is superannuated.
Further particulars are available from:
The Personnel Office,
63 South Bridge,
Edinburgh EH1 1LS.
Scotland, U.K.
(quoting Ref. No. 5735) with whom applications, by letter (3
copies) including the names of two referees, should lodged not
later than 28th January 1990.